Rand Paul Quotes

Our democratic institutions are adversarial.

I believe in the greatness of our democracy.

Whenever anybody gets involved in politics, its always exciting for me because we take for granted our freedoms and our abilities to effect change through political activism.

It is unfortunate that people believe that in order to democratise something you have to get politicians out of the system.

That is why I came to conclusion that the election must take place, so that the republic can have a government. If I were to say that everything will change for the better immediately, that would not be true. The struggle will continue for a long time.

I came into American politics and into this political system proud of politics and the way we make decisions.

Politics is not perfect but it's the best available nonviolent means of changing how we live.

Voters will decide how they want to be governed.

If God had wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates.

We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.

I am a democrat.

In the United States, politics is a profession, whereas in Europe it is a right and a duty.

We have no parties or politicians, and as for demagoguery and corruption, they are words having only an historical significance…

If you give up on politics, you give up on democracy … and then we are absolute plutocracy.

Democracy, of course, requires strong demands from the public.

We pride ourselves on our democracy, but when you see the way it actually works, I think it is worthy of contempt.

The Greens have every right to run, that's what democracy is, and they should argue their point by saying how they think people should vote, not by telling us to be silent.

Did I end up finding a little blue pill to cure America's electoral dysfunction? Unfortunately, it's not that simple.

The cure for admiring the House of Lords is to go and look at it.

I like the noise of democracy.

I kinda halfway paid attention to politics during my early years, but the older you get, the more you realize it's very important to pay attention to who gets elected. They can ruin the country.

The Australian public are very fair and they are always prepared to give the leader of a major political party a fair go.

And in Canada we, you know, it costs us three or $400 million to have an election. You know, it's always been my position that we shouldn't complain about that; that's the price of admission for a living in a great democracy.

Politics is a good thing!

I am proud to be in the Senate. I have always been proud to be a part of our political system. It is a remarkable privilege to participate in this system of ours.